Description (eng):
In this thesis the current use and the creation process of information visualizations for television will be examined. The research on this topic showed that there’s a huge amount of literature for print and web visualizations but not for television. It’s an area which hasn’t been examined in detail yet. Therefore, an investigation of the current usage of visualizations on German-speaking public and private broadcasters was made. Likewise, the frequency, the display format and the process of the creations were analysed in detail. This study gives insights of visualization for print, web and television. The main chapter is divided into two subchapters: the current use and the production process & implementation of infographics. The first sub-chapter is split into a quantitative and a qualitative analysis. The quantitative analysis examines the distribution of infographics in TV formats. It occupies how often and for which purpose the visualizations were used in the various television formats. The qualitative analysis investigates how visualizations were designed. For this reason, the graphics were categorized and analysed. The second sub-chapter examines the production process and the technical implementation of visualizations. On the basis of expert interviews, the technique, the process and organisation, as well as the future of graphics on television was discussed. In the end, the results get compared, analysed and will give an insight of future prospects. The result of this thesis is, that public and private broadcasters have a similar amount of infographics in the examined TV formats. The qualitative analysis shows that there’s a specific representation type which most of the TV programs are using, followed by a common production process at all investigated broadcasters. The outcome reveals that television is a popular medium for displaying visualization information.